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देवमानुषकायानां कामं भूमिः परायणम् । अन्योन्यस्यावलुम्पन्ति सारमेया इवामिषम्॥६-१०-७१॥
For beings of divine or human form, the earth is indeed the final refuge and the object of desire; they snatch it from one another like dogs contending over flesh.
english translation
राजानो भरतश्रेष्ठ भोक्तुकामा वसुंधराम् । न चापि तृप्तिः कामानां विद्यते चेह कस्यचित्॥६-१०-७२॥
O best of the Bharatas, kings long to enjoy and possess the earth; yet in this world no one attains true satiation of desire.
english translation
तस्मात्परिग्रहे भूमेर्यतन्ते कुरुपाण्डवाः । साम्ना दानेन भेदेन दण्डेनैव च पार्थिव॥६-१०-७३॥
Therefore, O king, the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas strive to gain the land—by conciliation, by gifts, by sowing division, and also by coercion through punishment.
english translation
पिता माता च पुत्रश्च खं द्यौश्च नरपुंगव । भूमिर्भवति भूतानां सम्यगच्छिद्रदर्शिनी॥६-१०-७४॥
O foremost of men, for living beings the earth becomes as it were father, mother, and child—indeed even space and heaven—when it is rightly tended and kept free of defects.
english translation